Roger Perlmutter Town Hall

[Anonymous]

There was a Roger Perlmutter Town Hall wecast today in which he gave a frank evaluation of the current MRL status. It was not pretty.

If the current state of affairs is allowed to continue Merck will cease to exist! MRL productivity is near the bottom of the pharma industry. There is pain coming, lots of pain. Very soon, like the next few weeks.

It sounds like he will be going after the excessively bloated middle management. In my opinion, they could fire 75% of the managers without having any negative effect. Most of them don't actually do anything of value. They just collect data and push it up or they micro manage.

 

[Anonymous]

Sounded to me that some franchises will be cut.

 

[Anonymous]

Sounded to me that some franchises will be cut.

WOW, just take a look at R&D. Even Stevie Wonder can see that.

 

[Anonymous]

Either way, heads are going to roll. Hundreds, if not thousands. More site closures? Oss? Boston? Rahway? As usual, WP is untouchable.

 

[Anonymous]

what franchises do you think are on the cutting block?

 

[Anonymous]

what franchises do you think are on the cutting block?

The ones that have a gluttony of generics on the market. Respiratory? CV? RA?

Like Roger said, nobody is going to pay for a 'me too' drug, if there are generic options. We need to be first and best in class to demand those prices.

 

[Anonymous]

Either way, heads are going to roll. Hundreds, if not thousands. More site closures? Oss? Boston? Rahway? As usual, WP is untouchable.

OSS was finally sold.

 

[Anonymous]

OSS was finally sold.

The entire site or only the API part? I think Merck still has an interest there.

 

[Anonymous]

Either way, heads are going to roll. Hundreds, if not thousands. More site closures? Oss? Boston? Rahway? As usual, WP is untouchable.

Dispose of Thomas L. Lyon III will help. When Merck stops hiring trust fund babies of past bad leadership, they might actually succeed again.

 

[Anonymous]

The entire site or only the API part? I think Merck still has an interest there.

Yes, the API part. It was sold to a South African company and, allegedly, all employees will transfer to them as well.

 

[Anonymous]

Clean the Merck Frosst *uck-ups out of Boston.

 

[Anonymous]

The ones that have a gluttony of generics on the market. Respiratory? CV? RA?

Like Roger said, nobody is going to pay for a 'me too' drug, if there are generic options. We need to be first and best in class to demand those prices.

Can't develop first and best in class based on a falsified scientific foundation.

http://retractionwatch.wordpress.co...s-were-intentionally-contrived-and-falsified/

 

[Anonymous]

Can't develop first and best in class based on a falsified scientific foundation.

http://retractionwatch.wordpress.co...s-were-intentionally-contrived-and-falsified/

Bend the data to support the story and get promoted. Don't even think about buying a new car from these people and forget about a used car!

 

[Anonymous]

Clean the Merck Frosst *uck-ups out of Boston.

If it wasn't for Merck Frosst, Merck would have gone down 10 years ago and Boston would never have been built.

 

[Anonymous]

If it wasn't for Merck Frosst, Merck would have gone down 10 years ago and Boston would never have been built.

are you nuts. It is just Boston. It's all r and d.

 

[Anonymous]

Roger needs to articulate a clear vision for MRL and actually stick to it. Unfortunately, it's not clear to me that someone even at RP's level has any real clout within the company; I think the bean counters call most of the shots now.

 

[Anonymous]

Either way, heads are going to roll. Hundreds, if not thousands. More site closures? Oss? Boston? Rahway? As usual, WP is untouchable.

Kenilworth is to get a shakedown and a colonic.

 

[Anonymous]

If it wasn't for Merck Frosst, Merck would have gone down 10 years ago and Boston would never have been built.

Agreed, but current Boston management exported from Merck Frosst had nothing to do with successes out of Montreal.

 

[Anonymous]

There was a Roger Perlmutter Town Hall wecast today in which he gave a frank evaluation of the current MRL status. It was not pretty.

If the current state of affairs is allowed to continue Merck will cease to exist! MRL productivity is near the bottom of the pharma industry. There is pain coming, lots of pain. Very soon, like the next few weeks.

It sounds like he will be going after the excessively bloated middle management. In my opinion, they could fire 75% of the managers without having any negative effect. Most of them don't actually do anything of value. They just collect data and push it up or they micro manage.

Get ready clinical operations! They are increasing programmatic outsourcing!!! Anyone not in a director and up role is being moved to vendors!

 

[Anonymous]

Agreed, but current Boston management exported from Merck Frosst had nothing to do with successes out of Montreal.

Agreed. They were there, but not in charge. So they road the coat tails of Merck Frosst success.